Characterization of four short tandem repeat loci (THO1, VWA31/A, CD4, and TP53) in northern Portugal

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-40

  Gusmão, Leonor ^a   Prata, Maria João ^a   Amorim, António ^a   Silva, Filipe ^a   Bessa, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CD4; PCR; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; STR; THO1; TP53; VWA3I A

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PORTUGAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTIGENS, CD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0031081736     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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